Browsing: Jeff Beukeboom

This might be the last blog post under the old format. We’re scheduled to make the switch today. Fingers crossed. Here is my Rangers’ season preview, etc.: Can consistency be fixed? GREENBURGH – You can fix things like depth, speed and skill, and it appears the Rangers have done that. You…

Rangers 3, Devils 1. Click here for the official game summary. Click here for the official event summary. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) Jimmy “Rhymes with Easy” Vesey. Holy shishkebab. Kid has a breakaway from Kevin Hayes on his first shift in an NHL…

I’m losing interest in the World Cup of Hockey by the minute, and the opening of Rangers training camp in Greenburgh Thursday will further erode that interest. The Rangers will undergo physicals Thursday, and Friday they’ll do on-ice testing etc. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault is scheduled to meet the media…

By Jim Nasium How many of you here watch Game of Thrones? Since I can’t see whose hands are raised, I’m just going to assume that the majority of you are currently in the affirmative. Even if you don’t consider yourself a fan, I’m sure that even casual exposure to…

Two down, two to go. The Rangers signed the second of their four arbitration-bound restricted free agents Friday when they agreed to a one-year, $800,000 contract with defenseman Dylan McIlrath But, the fact that McIlrath is signed doesn’t necessarily signal a change in his status with coach Alain Vigneault, who…

On the first day of NHL free agency, the Rangers didn’t play with the big boys. And that’s probably a good thing, because – as usual – the frenzy was an absurd series of contracts for too much money and too many years. The Rangers sat out that portion of…

Because we need a new post after 500 plus comments, here are the official announcements from the Rangers so far. ICYMI, Eric Staal and Viktor Stalberg both defected via free agency, to Minnesota and Carolina, respectively. RANGERS NAME JEFF BEUKEBOOM ASSISTANT COACH NEW YORK, July 1, 2016 – New York…

So I was all set to sit down and write this story on Ryan Graves when all hell broke loose in the NHL Wednesday. Holy shishkebab! First, Devils GM Ray Shero absolutely fleeced Edmonton GM Peter Chiarelli by dealing defenseman Adam Larsson, a good player, for an exceptional player and…

Pavel Buchnevich insisted Tuesday that he believes he is ready to play for the Rangers this season, and that his game can make the jump from Russia’s KHL to the bigger, faster NHL, even if he has plenty of physical work to do. “If I weren’t sure I wouldn’t come…

Let me start by saying this. I still think Alain Vigneault is a top coach in the NHL, and one of the best coaches the Rangers have had in my 30-plus years of covering them. Easily. Which means he’s one of the best they’ve ever had, in my opinion. And…

Rangers assistant coach Ulf Samuelsson has left the team to become head coach of the Charlotte Checkers, the AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes. Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis, who was a teammate of Samuelsson in Hartford, then in Pittsburgh, where they won a pair of Stanley Cups together, made…

When I was writing my book about Mark Messier, I did a chapter about the old Oilers and spoke to a lot of the former players about Sather. A sampling: Wayne Gretzky: “We could have won six or seven Stanley Cups. Who knows? You can easily say that it had…

Pre-game notes courtesy of the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. ST. LOUIS BLUES Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m. ET Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Rangers: 11-2-2 (24 pts) Blues: 11-3-1 (23 pts) TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers play their 16th game of the 2015-16 season against the St. Louis…

Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Thoughts: 1) Is the preseason almost over? Funny how you look forward to hockey all these months, and conveniently forget how choppy and disjointed these games are. Remember when preseason games were just a string of fights interrupted…

Click here to read my column from lohud.com. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story from lohud.com. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) So the Fat Lady is taking up two seats…

Click here to read my column on Chris Kreider from lohud.com. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story from lohud.com. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) First, I am not surprised that…